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Report: Inquiry Into the Current State of Australia's Space Science Chapter 6 Space policy and agency The Australian government's current involvement in space 6.1 A complete picture of how much Australia spends on space services has not emerged from the inquiry, but it is a significant amount, perhaps approaching a billion dollars. One witness suggested: We had studies in the nineties which suggest that Australia was spending somewhere between $500 to $800 million per year on space services.1 6.2 There is also no single definitive figure on how much the public sector spends on space. Some examples include the following: the Department of Defence is contributing $927 million as a proportionate partner in the US military Wideband Global SATCOM constellation; the Jindalee Over the Horizon Radar cost approximately $1.8 billion; spending on the SKA and related projects already exceeds $100 million; and Australia contributes around $100 million per annum to gain access to meteorological data. The Department of Defence say that more than half of their major capability projects for the period 2006 to 2016 have a critical dependency on services that are derived from space.2 6.3 The CSIRO spent $56 million on space and astronomy in 2007-08. This comprised advanced aerospace ($24 million), earth observation ($10 million), navigation and communication ($1 million) and radioastronomy ($21 million).3 6.4 The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) is responsible for Australia's space policy (or lack thereof). It only has a very small amount of resources devoted to the task: It is not a full-time job for me by any means. I have about one and a half people who help me with space matters.4 1 Mr Kirby Ikin, Australian Space Industry Chamber of Commerce, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 August 2008, p. 27. This is consistent with the Madigan Report's forecast that 'by 1995 Australia's annual expenditure on space services will be between $370m and $500m.; Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, A Space Policy for Australia, June 1985, p. 3. 2 Department of Defence, Submission 70, p. 2. 3 CSIRO, answer to question taken on notice at public hearing on 29 July 2008. 4 Dr Michael Green, Director, Space Licensing and Safety Office, DIISR, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 August 2008, p. 61. Page 46 6.5 This limited resourcing reflects the decentralised approach to space policy: agencies of the Commonwealth have their own operational responsibilities in the space arena. The Bureau of Meteorology has responsibility for securing access to weather data. Geoscience Australia has responsibility for maintaining a range of ground stations that can downlink Landsat and a range of other information and distributing that to appropriate agencies and to the private sector. Defence obviously has its defence related responsibilities, including national security remote sensing and defence communications.5 6.6 Among the agencies currently involved in space science and industry are: • Department of Defence, including the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation, and Australian Hydrographic Service; • Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, including the Australian Communications and Media Authority; • Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research; • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, including the Office of Space Science and Applications, the Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research and the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex; • Department of Climate Change; • Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, including Australian Antarctic Division; • Bureau of Meteorology, including the Ionospheric Prediction Service ; • Geoscience Australia; and • Office of Spatial Data Management. 6.7 DIISR also chairs the Australian Government Space Forum, which brings together representatives from various government departments and agencies to 5 Dr Michael Green, DIISR, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 3. The decentralised approach is set out in the November 2006 document Australian Government Space Engagement: Policy Framework and Overview, attached to Submission 7. Page 47 exchange information about twice a year.6 However, it does not include academics or industry representatives, so it only has a restricted focus. It does not provide a forum for the broader space community to give feedback to the government agencies. 6.8 On the science side, the Australian Academy of Science created its National Committee for Space Science (NCSS) specifically for monitoring space science developments. (Like the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Academy distinguishes space science from astronomy). The NCSS also aims to facilitate international links to the wider space science community through international bodies such as the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). The NCSS is comprised predominantly of academic scientists, so also does not form a bridge between academia, industry and government. 6.9 Over the last two years the NCSS has been developing the first Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science, which seeks to outline the collective vision and aspirations of the space science community in Australia. A draft was released for public comment on 29 February 2008.7 It proposes research projects which the NCSS regards as very high value, low expense and with a high multiplier benefit. Over the next 10 years it involves investment in new projects costed at around $120 million; less than 60 cents per Australian a year. A brief history of space policy in Australia and reviews thereof 6.10 A recurring theme raised in submissions and by witnesses is that Australia does not have a well articulated space policy and this state of affairs is stunting the growth of the space industry as well as causing the country to miss opportunities. However, the evidence received by the committee suggests that the current decentralised policy has been formulated in response to previous policies. Therefore, a brief consideration of the different approaches to space that Australia has taken in the recent past can provide some context to Australia's current approach. 6 The Forum's terms of reference are included in an attachment to Submission 7. As at February 2008, its membership comprised DIISR; CSIRO; the Australian Research Council; Geoscience Australia; Office of Spatial Data Management; Defence Space Engagement; Broadcasting Division of Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government; International Organisations and Legal Division of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Emergency Management Australia; Public International Law Branch of Attorney-General's Department; Office of International Law; Bureau of Rural Sciences; Corporate Strategies Division of Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts; IPS Radio and Space Services; and the Bureau of Meteorology. 7 The plan is discussed by the Australian Academy of Science (Submission 38). It is commended by the Universities of Sydney (Submission 18), Tasmania (Submission 20), La Trobe (Submission 24) and Newcastle (Submission 53), as well as by the Geological Society (Submission 30) among others. The plan is reproduced in Submission 41 and a summary is given in Appendix 3. Page 48 The Madigan Report 6.11 In July 1984, the Hon. Barry Jones MP, Minister for Science, invited the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences to prepare a report on space science and technology for Australia. The Academy established a Working Party under Sir Russel Madigan which delivered its report in June 1985. 6.12 The Madigan Report concluded, in words that could well be used today: …our space potential is fragmented and dispersed, and requires to be drawn together and fostered under a national space policy. 8 6.13 There was optimism about Australia's potential, believing that the country had the technological capacity and could develop the required industrial capacity. However, the report warns: It is not possible for the private sector, from its own resources, to develop a space industry which will carry the rest of Australia on its back into the space age. The commitment to a space programme must be a government decision, not a commercial one. 9 6.14 A contemporary participant told the committee: the guiding principle behind the Madigan report was not space as such but that a space capacity would be a driver for high-tech industry in a broader sense…the training of engineers and the general increase in capacity. It was part of the Barry Jones ‘sunrise’ industry strategy.10 Response to the Madigan Report 6.15 The Madigan Report made 16 recommendations, many of which were subsequently taken up by the government. However, the government did not agree with the recommendation to establish an independent statutory authority to advise it on space policies and priorities. Instead, it announced the formation of an Australian Space Board as a non-statutory body reporting directly to the Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce.11 6.16 Neither did the government concur with the level of funding recommended in the Madigan Report. The Report had concluded: An effective programme could be set up for a total expenditure of $100 million over the first five years, leading perhaps to an annual expenditure of 8 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, A Space Policy for Australia, June 1985, p. 1. 9 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, A Space Policy for Australia, June 1985, p. 2. 10 Dr John Boyd, former deputy director of the Australian Space Office, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 July 2008, p. 75. 11 An Integrated National Space Program, Report by the Expert Panel, 15 June 1992, p. 7. Page 49 some $60 million depending on the extent to which an initial review shows that expectations are being realised.12 6.17 Instead it was decided to provide $5.25 million for the National Space Program in the 1986-87 Budget with future years' monies to be considered in each year's budget context. The actual budget funding for the programme appears in Table 6.1.13 It never approached the amounts envisaged in the Madigan Report.
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